"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story